one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
farmer; peasant; farming; country bumpkin; yokel; the common people
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
three sides; small offering stand
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes